Cape Town News
Cape Town liquor laws come into effect
Cape Town City Council has suspended its plan to ban alcohol sales on Sundays following a last-minute motion to amend its controversial liquor law which came into effect on 1 April.
However the bul...
Cairo News
Cairo airport to close at night
Cairo International Airport is to close between 01.30 and 05.30 from 1 June "to save energy", according to civil aviation minister Wael al-Maddawy.
The minister said that Terminal 3 – which s...
Cape Town News
Daredevil charity flight from Robben Island
A man plans to fly from Robben Island to Cape Town using 200 helium-filled party balloons, in aid of charity.
Matt Silver Vallance, who has been planning the event for four years, is currently wait...
Cairo News
Egypt raises import taxes on luxury goods
The Egyptian government has increased import duties on 100 "unnecessary" goods as part of its ongoing efforts to revive the nation's ailing economy.
The decree sees tariffs raised by 5 to 40...
Nairobi News
Supreme court upholds Kenyatta’s victory
Five people were killed in clashes in Nairobi and the lakeside town of Kisumu on the night of 30 March after the supreme court upheld Uhuru Kenyatta's election as president in the 4 March polls.
Th...
Cairo News
Seacom cable restored to full capacity
Pan-African submarine cable company Seacom restored to full capacity its disrupted internet services on 30 March after Egypt and parts of the Mediterranean region had experienced reduced internet serv...
Arusha News
At least 14 people were killed in a quarry in the Moshono district of Arusha, some nine km from the city centre, on 1 April.
The accident happened after the sides of a quarry collapsed while worker...
Maputo News
Tolls rise in Maputo South Africa motorway
Tolls at the two toll-gates on the Mozambique side of the Maputo-South Africa motorway go up from 1 April.
The hikes range from eight to 28 per cent, and have been instituted by the Trans-Africa Co...
Dar Es Salaam News
Building collapses in Dar es Salaam
A 16-storey building collapsed on Indira Gandhi Street in central Dar es Salaam on the morning of 29 March, trapping dozens of people under the rubble.
There are conflicting reports about the numbe...
Cape Town News
The names of six streets in Cape Town were changed on 21 March, as part of the lengthy process to rename apartheid-era streets which began in 2011.
Hendrik Verwoerd Drive, named after the former So...
Lagos News
The Lagos Black Heritage Festival (LBHF) takes place in Lagos from 25 March to 1 April and this year's edition has a special focus on Nigeria's links with Brazil and Portugal.
Under the double them...
Nairobi News
An App created by a Nairobi technology entrepreneur to help people avoid the city's notorious traffic has gained widespread usage in the capital.
Known as Ma3Route, the App collects traffic informa...
Cape Town News
Cape Town has reminded the city's business owners to prepare for the upcoming liquor by-law which will reduce the hours of alcohol consumption.
The by-law, which comes into effect on 1 April, will...
Maputo News
Italian film festival in Maputo
The fifth annual Italian Film Festival in Maputo opens on 15 March and runs until 22 March.
The festival opens with Francesco Bruni's "Scialla", which won the out-of-competition award at the 2012 V...
Dar Es Salaam News
Arty facelift to boost Dar es Salaam tourism
Dar es Salaam authorities are continuing in their efforts to beautify the city and turn it into a major tourist destination.
Central to the campaign has been the installation of works of art in str...
Addis Ababa News
Authorities in Addis Ababa have announced that they have killed just under 10,000 stray dogs as part of a mass culling operation.
The estimated number of stray dogs in the capital is about 200,000,...
Accra News
Accra’s biggest shopping mall ready by 2014
The massive West Hills Mall in west Accra is due for completion in October 2014, according to the South African property investment and development company Atterbury which began developing the $...
Cape Town News
Cape Town has ruled out the idea of Formula One (F1) racing at the Cape Town Stadium after councillors deemed the project too expensive.
Over the last two years the city has received 11 proposals f...
Nairobi News
Odinga to challenge presidential result
Following the declaration of Uhuru Kenyatta on 9 March as Kenya's president-elect, his closest rival Raila Odinga is preparing a supreme court challenge against Kenyatta's election. His appeal is expe...
Cairo News
Violence in Cairo after Port Said stadium ruling
Two people were killed in clashes in Cairo and the Mediterranean city of Port Said on 9 March following an Egyptian court's decision to uphold the death sentences against 21 people found guilty of cau...
Nairobi News
Uhuru Kenyatta proclaimed Kenya’s new president
Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared Kenya's new president having won 50.7 per cent of the vote. He has won the presidency by a margin of 8,419 votes.
His rival Raila Odinga has not yet accepted defeat...
Nairobi News
Kenya’s presidential election tightens
Kenya's presidential race tightened on 8 March as the gap narrowed between deputy prime minister Kenyatta, who had enjoyed an early lead, and his main rival prime minister Raila Odinga.
According t...
Cape Town News
Controlled burn at Cape Town wetlands
Vegetation at the Zoarvlei wetland section of Table Bay nature reserve in Cape Town is to be burnt by the city's environmental resource management department.
The 140-hectare reserve is located nex...
Nairobi News
Kenyatta takes early lead in Kenyan elections
On 6 March presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta from the Jubilee alliance remains in the lead, two days after Kenyans went to the polls in the nation's first presidential and parliamentary elections...
Cairo News
Egypt is using crop-dusting aircraft and is being helped by the military to combat the estimated 30 million locusts that began appearing in the skies over Cairo during the weekend of 2-3 March....
Addis Ababa News
Waste to energy plant for Addis Ababa
A 50 MW waste to energy plant is to be constructed in Addis Ababa following a deal between the state power utility company Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) and UK-based waste to energy...
Accra News
Mama Ye campaign launched in Accra
The Mama Ye Ghana Campaign has been launched in Accra as part of Ghana's initiative to reduce maternal and new-born deaths.
The awareness programme is being taken to help Ghana achieve one of its...
Cape Town News
Broadband for Cape Town townships
Khayelitsha, Cape Town’s largest township, is about to become the latest district to avail of the massive broadband infrastructure project being undertaken by the city and provincial government....
Nairobi News
Voters in Kenya go to the polls on Monday 4 March in the country's first presidential and parliamentary elections since 2007. In the lead-up to the 2013 elections the eight presidential candidates hav...
Addis Ababa News
New Patriarch of Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Ethiopia's Orthodox Church elected Abune Mathias as its new leader on 28 February, six months after the death of the previous patriarch Abune Paulos who led the church from 1992.
Tens of thousands...
